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Pyrrhotite from
Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:899207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:899207:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘMadan-Kudan deposit, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan, India
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘJahaz prospect, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan, India
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘRohil, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
88.2km (54.8 miles) ⓘMundiyawas-Khera Cu Deposit, Dittal, Alwar District, Haryana, India
References
Deb, S., Mukherjee, A.D. (1969) Mackinawites from Madhan-Kudhan and Kolihan sections of Khetri copper belt, Rajasthan. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India, 35A, (4), 533-541.
Singh, Surinder, Virk, H. S. (1980) Fission track dating of copper ore formations of Khetri area, Rajasthan State (India). GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 14 (1) 51-55 doi:10.2343/geochemj.14.51
Baidya, Abu Saeed, Sen, Atlanta, Pal, Dipak C (2018) Textures and compositions of cobalt pentlandite and cobaltian mackinawite from the Madan-Kudan copper deposit, Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 127 (4). doi:10.1007/s12040-018-0954-z
Ahmed, Masood, Shaif, Mohd, Siddiquie, Farhat Naseem, Khan, Rajiullah (2018) Mode of Occurrence and Mineralogy of Northern Khetri Copper Deposits, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan. Natural Resources, 9 (12) 389-403 doi:10.4236/nr.2018.912024
 
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